POWERFEST Week 2: Brazilians Take Stranglehold Into Week 3

Brazil have extended their overall lead in the POWERFEST standings into the third and final week of partypoker’s flagship online series.

With 75 wins as of the start of week 3, the South Americans continue to lead the UK (61) who remain in second place, over Russia (55 wins), Germany (32 wins) and Canada (26 wins).

POWERFEST wins

Country

Micro

Low

Medium

High

High Roller

Super High Roller

Totals

Brazil

15

23

21

9

7

0

75

UK

15

10

12

16

11

1

61

Russia

15

13

9

9

4

0

55

Germany

15

10

7

5

1

1

32

Canada

15

1

5

8

6

2

26

It’s a familiar story in the final tables and cashes stakes, which sees Brazil romp out in front (413; 12,627) and Russia swap places with the UK for second spot (385; 12,123).

POWERFEST final tables

Country

Micro

Low

Medium

High

High Roller

Super High Roller

Totals

Brazil

79

138

110

62

24

0

413

UK

133

92

67

55

35

3

385

Russia

46

69

83

84

84

12

378

Germany

55

58

53

44

23

4

237

Canada

40

42

26

48

40

8

204

POWERFEST cashes

Country

Micro

Low

Medium

High

High Roller

Super High Roller

Totals

Brazil

2,892

4,531

3,709

1,298

189

8

12,627

UK

5,495

3,777

1,709

889

233

20

12,123

Russia

2,607

2,902

2,145

1,553

578

57

9,842

Germany

2,526

2,384

1,410

708

185

9

7,222

Canada

1,642

1,408

1,021

830

318

28

5,229

In more positive news for the UK, their Super High Rollers continue to set the pace across the board, with 1 win, 12 final tables and 57 cashes to their names, way ahead of their Brazilian counterparts.

The UK are also richest in the series as of week 2, having banked a total $1,532,799.82 prize money to Canada’s $1,202,780.91 and Brazil’s $949,011.12, with Germany propping up the top 5.

POWERFEST prize money won

Country

Amount

UK

$1,532,799.82

Canada

$1,202,780.91

Brazil

$949,011.12

Sweden

$640,426.01

Germany

$444,876.93

POWERFEST multiple event winners

Special mention for player “HUKTO8”, who joins “iikori” of Finland and the UK’s “Paul_Folders”, as a triumvirate of players to score a hat-trick of wins in the first fortnight.

HUKTO8 set the ball rolling with a win in event POWERFEST #044-Mi: $500 Gtd [6-Max PLO8], before going on to take POWERFEST #080-L: $5K Gtd [Mix-Max Turbo]. The Russian then backed that up with victory in POWERFEST #090-Mi: $500 Gtd [6-Max PLO8] for a combined $1,400.08.